Junior Appalachian Musicians to perform at Asheboro library

ASHEBORO – Area members of the Pittsboro-based Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) will perform traditional music in a concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Asheboro Public Library. Following the performance, children and teens are invited to jam with the musicians.

Prior to the concert, the group will demonstrate traditional musical instruments for children and interested adults, at 4 p.m. at the library.

The concert, demonstration and jam session, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, are free and the public is invited.

Junior Appalachian Musicians, also known as Chatham County JAM, is an educational program that introduces children from 3rd through 8th grades to traditional music through small group instruction on instruments common to the Appalachian and Piedmont regions of North Carolina. JAM augments instrumental, dance and vocal instruction with the opportunity for students to play and perform in small and large groups.

Performers for the library concert include Alex Meredith of Siler City, mandolin, fiddle and dance; Illeanna Schilling of Vass, banjo; Johanna Schilling of Vass, fiddle and dance; Faith Tysor of Goldston, fiddle; and Dillon Walker of Burlington, mandolin.

The Asheboro library is located at 201 Worth Street. For further information, call 318-6824.